noun
General Slang
cocky
KOK-ee · noun · informal
A farmer, especially a small one; also a cockatoo.
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Definitions
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A small-scale farmer ('cow cocky', 'cane cocky'); also short for cockatoo.
“The local cockies are praying for rain.”
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cocky In A Sentence
The local cockies are praying for rain.
Origin & Usage
From 'cockatoo farmer', a 19th-century term for a poor selector farming small plots.
People Also Ask
What does 'cocky' mean in Australia?
In Australia a cocky is a small-scale farmer, as in 'cow cocky' or 'cane cocky', and it's also short for cockatoo, the noisy native parrot.
Why are farmers called 'cockies'?
It's short for 'cockatoo farmer', a 19th-century term for poor selectors on small plots, likened to cockatoos scratching a living from the land.
Does 'cocky' in Australia mean arrogant?
It can carry the general English sense of over-confident, but in Aussie usage the noun 'cocky' usually means a farmer or a cockatoo, judged from context.
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